Welcome to New Haven

by Dawn Doyle

  Alex hugged her tight, and she wrapped her arms around him as he lifted his face to lightly kiss her soft, full lips.

  “Three more.” She whispered.

  “You’ve gotten me too much already.” He said.

  “I love you…and besides…you’re only eighteen once. Here.” She handed him another.

  “I love you, babe.” He smiled lovingly at his strikingly beautiful girlfriend.

  His gift was a bluetooth smartphone printer.

  “To go with your memory book.”

  “I wouldn’t have…how did…? Oh my God! You’ve thought of everything!” He chuckled in amazement.

  Holly smiled, and then he saw she looked a little nervous.

  “Here.” She handed him a small wrapped box.

  When he opened it up, there were two silver rings inside.

  ”I had one made smaller for me. I guessed your size, so I hope it fits. They go on the hand you write with, I think.”

  Alex took the rings out of the box. He tried his on the middle finger of his left hand. It fit perfectly. He took her right hand and slid the ring on her finger.

  His stomach was filled with butterflies with the thought of putting a different ring on her finger…on the other hand.

  Soon. But, even that’s not soon enough.

  He looked at their hands as he held her right with his left, and he smiled.

  “What do the numbers mean? They look like coordinates.”

  Holly smiled secretively.

  “I’ll let you find that out for yourself.” She winked. “Last one, and this is the fun one.” She chuckled.

  As Alex opened the box, he laughed loudly.

  “Nerf guns!”

  “If Ben or the others annoy you, you can fire these at them. I got two so you can either play together or have double the fire power.”

  “Thank you so much, babe.” He said, his breath catching in his throat. “I love everything, and I love you…forever.” He said, and he crushed his lips to hers.

  Holly’s fingers snaked into his hair as she pulled his mouth harder to hers, angling her head to deepen the kiss. Her tongue entered his mouth, tasting him. Her hot, moist lips feeling like heaven against his own.

  One of his hands held her close to him, around her waist, as the other slid to her thigh. His fingers digging into her leg with enough pressure to cause her to squeeze her thighs together.

  He knew what that meant.

  There was a noise as Dev cleared her throat.

  “Did I say too early? I’m pretty sure I did.” She said with a sniffle.

  “Dev, what’s up?” Alex asked as he and Holly were both concerned for her.

  “Nothing. It’s beautiful to see you two like this.” She said as she perked up.

  Dev opened her girly, glittery birthday card that read ‘To My Best Friend On Her 18th Birthday’, which Made Dev beam with delight.

  She pulled out her first gift which was a vintage style pansy blossom bracelet.

  It had olive green glass beads and a collection of a blue flower, a leaf and berry beads. The lobster lock and extension chain had the designers’ stamp disc on the end.

  “Oh my God it’s gorgeous!” Dev squealed.

  She practically screamed when she opened her platinum diamond studded hoop earrings.

  “Holly! Oh my God!”

  When Dev opened her gift card, she froze.

  “You didn’t…” Said Dev, in shock.

  “I did.” Holly replied.

  Alex looked between the two girls, a puzzled look on his face.

  “What? What is it?” He asked.

  “The dress I was looking at. The bandage dress. They didn’t have it in my size.”

  “You just need to try it now, in case it needs any more alterations.”

  When the girls had gone shopping, and Dev had seen a gorgeous mid thigh length bandage dress in deep red. It had thick straps and a square neckline. She was deeply upset that the dress wasn’t available in her size, or in of the other stores. Holly bought the dress, secretly, and had taken it to a dressmaker for alterations base on the sizes Holly knew Dev wore.

  Dev reached across and pulled Holly into a stranglehold of a hug.

  “I have a free period before lunch. I’ll get a cab and pick it. I can’t wait!”

  Dev teared up when she opened her last gift.

  Holly knew Dev loved fairies and sparkly things, and had seen her collection in her room. This gift was perfect for her.

  It was a large glitter globe with a base that looked like an enchanted garden with tiny butterflies and ladybugs among the trees and flowers. Inside, sat on a daisy, was a dark haired fairy wearing a short, lilac, jagged hemmed dress. She was holding up a silver ’18’. Dev shook the globe and gasped as she saw hundreds of tiny D’s and V’s swirling and swimming inside.

  Another custom gift.

  “Oh Hol, it’s so beautiful.” She said in barely a whisper as she wiped more tears from her cheeks.

  “Thank you.” She cried as she tackled Holly again.

  Evie and Rami walked into the dining room, and the twins proudly showed them the thoughtful gifts from Holly. Evie and Rami said that much they loved how Holly had known exactly what both Alex and Dev would like.

  They especially like the rings Alex and Holly wore.

  “What do the numbers mean?” asked Rami. “They look like coordinates.”

  “That’s what I said.” Said Alex.

  “For where?” Evie asked.

  “Alex will have to find that out for himself.” Holly chuckled.

  “I’ll check on my iPad.” His parents had gotten him a new one for his birthday.

  Rami passed it over so Holly didn’t have to get up off Alex’s lap. Alex brought up Google Earth and searched by coordinates, and it zoomed in on their school.

  Holly smiled, and he saw her blush.

  “Is it…?” He narrowed his eyes in thought. He realized exactly where it was and gazed into Holly’s eyes.

  “I have a good idea where it is. The corridor…the spot you almost walked into me when we first met.”

  Holly nodded as her smile grew bigger. Evie placed a hand over her mouth and one on her heart. Her eyes filled with tears of emotion that threatened to spill over.

  “Aww!” Said Dev. That’s so romantic. Holly, that’s so beautiful.”

  Alex embraced her tenderly. She had gotten the location of their first meeting, captured forever in the engravings.

  “I’ll make us all coffee.” Evie said as she left the room, still choked up from the romantic gift.

  Both Alex’s and Dev’s phones beeped.

  “Ben. Hmph.” Said Dev.

  B: Happy birthday dude! Now you’re finally an adult. Like me. :D

  A: Thanks, man. :)

  B: Mom’s borrowing my car, she’s dropping me off.

  Be there soon.

  “He’s on his way over.” Said Alex. “I’ll go change.”

  As Holly got off his lap and helped him put the gifts away in the bag, he kept hold of her hand to take her with him. Dev followed to put her things away too.

  Holly hadn’t been in Alex’s room before. This wasn’t technically his room, but it was for now.

  As they walked through the door, Alex put his bag on top of the dresser and Holly sat on the center of the bed. The bedroom was a basic square with a double bed in the middle of the wall, to the right. The bedcovers were plain, navy blue, white sheets and navy pillows. Nightstands that matched the dark wood bed frame, with silver handles on the drawers.

  To the left was a matching five drawer dresser. Off the end of the bed was a closet with a single door.

  This was the guest bedroom that Ben stayed in.

  “I showered just before you got here, but I put my lounging clothes on.” Alex said as he grabbed some clothes and underwear. He saw that Holly had noticed, and he smirked.

  “Yeah I’m not wearing any.” He said, and he winked as her mouth fell open.

>   Holly turned her back on him as he walked to the closet, so he could change.

  “No peaking, Missy.” He teased.

  “Hey!” She said as she snorted a laugh. Holly could hear him chuckling from behind her.

  “I’m done now.” He said in a low voice as he crawled up the bed behind her, causing her skin to prickle all over. He came right up to her to whisper in her ear.

  “Did you want to look?” He asked, sensually.

  Holly swallowed hard and nodded her head. Fire flowing, instantly through her body.

  Alex softly kissed the side of her neck as he kneeled up, placing his hands on her waist. Her loose plaid shirt disguising her figure, until he put his hands on her.

  From his position, Holly knew he would be able to see her breast standing proud from her body, her breathing ragged making them heave up and down.

  She knew what he could see, and she liked it.

  As Alex continued the kissing assault on her neck, she dropped her head back, and to the side, to give him better access.

  “You’re so sexy.” He growled into her skin, and Holly whimpered as she pulled her lips into her mouth.

  He pulled away and held her shoulders, to turn her to face him. He went back down on his hands and knees, looking her right in the eye.

  “Move up the bed.” He breathed, as his lips parted.

  Holly inched back up the bed, and Alex followed, crawling over her.

  As she got further up, Alex loomed over her so she had no choice but to lie down, her head on his pillow.

  He maneuvered so he wasn’t between her legs but, just like at Five Oaks, he was to her side. His left leg between hers and he pulled her right leg across him, hooking behind his thigh.

  He gazed hungrily at her mouth, as if he were just waiting to devour every inch of her.

  Holly wanted him to.

  She wanted him more than anything.

  One more week. Just one.

  Her heart was beating rapidly; her breath quickening and her core was aflame.

  Alex slid his left hand up her outer thing and grasped her rear, pulling her towards him. He leant on his elbow whilst still able to tangle his gingers into her hair. She had loosely clipped is back, and he removed it, taking a handful of hair.

  “Alex…kiss me.” Holly almost begged.

  “I wondered when you’d cave.” He smirked, and he brought his mouth down on hers, thrusting his tongue to loud with her own.

  His lips, so hot and soft, felt like paradise.

  Holly Moaned with pleasure as his hand travelled up from her behind to her waist, her shirt lifting slightly as he moved, exposing her skin. Her hands held onto his hair.

  God! His hair is fucking fantastic!

  Black, short around the back, and side blending to longer on the top. Leaving him with a style that could be slicked back or sexily mussed. Holly preferred the latter, the way he wore it. Especially after she’d run her hands through it.

  Holly flinched as she felt a jolt through her insides, and she quietly cried out ‘ah’ as Alex released her mouth and began licking and sucking her neck.

  She gripped his hair tighter, and he growled in arousal.

  Holly let go with one hand and stroked down his body until she could reach his deliciously perfect ass, and she gripped, pulling him closer to her.

  “Fuck!” He said and took her mouth again. Nipping and sucking her lips.

  Holly reached under his T-shirt and began lightly caressing his back.

  As she worked her way up, his hard muscles quivered beneath her touch. Coming back down, she turned her attention to the front of his torso.

  His tight, prominent abs…she felt a zap through her centre.

  She stroked over his hard, defined pecs…another zap.

  She moaned into his mouth as he hand stroked higher to his shoulder.

  She squeaked as his hand slid under her shirt and slowly stroked up and down her back.

  Alex continued to wonderfully torment her skin as he moved his hand to her stomach. He gently travelled up, and before he reached her breasts, she was willing him to reach them, he slid his hand to her side and down to her waist. His thumb still around her front with his palm and long, strong, fingers cupping her side.

  Holly broke their kiss, panting, chest heaving, perspiration tickling her skin. Alex stared, lovingly, into her eyes.

  “Alex…” She whispered as she removed her hand from his hair and took hold of the hand he had under her shirt.

  Did he think she was going to remove it?

  Maybe due to how they’s almost ended up there a few days before?

  Holly bit her lip nervously as he moved his hand…up and towards him. Sliding over her skin. She looked into his eyes as she lifted his hand off her and down onto her breast.

  Alex gasped, his breath shuddering, pupils taking over his irises.

  With her hand onto of his, she squeezed his hand in order for his fingers to gently grip her.

  “Oh my God.” He breathed and clamped his eyes closed, before swallowing hard. “Holly.” He said as if in pain, before opening them again.

  Holly removed her hand, leaving his in place, and reached up to stroke his face and brought him down to kiss her.

  Alex’s hand remained still as their tongues began their sensual tango over again.

  Then, Holly felt him move.

  His fingers spread wider, and his hand lowered slightly to cup right under her heavy mound and gently pushing up and gripping.

  His thumb brushed across her hard nipple, and she cried out into his mouth, electricity firing through her body. Her lady parts buzzing with energy.

  She could feel his parts wanting the same thing.

  To join together.

  To be free from their restrictions and love each other like they wanted to.

  “You’re so fucking perfect.” Alex whispered as he took a breath.

  “I want you so much.” Holly whimpered.

  “You don’t know how bad I want you right now.” He replied, with strain in his voice as if just telling her was agonising.

  Holly took a shaky breath before sucking his lip into her mouth. Her hand in his hair, the other scraping the skin on his torso in frustration. She could feel that it was only turning him on further.

  “Waiting sucks.” She said.

  “Don’t say that.” He growled. “I’m so close to ripping your clothes off you. You have no idea how much I’m having to control myself.”

  Holly’s hands slid down his body and to the waistband of his jeans. Alex’s eyes widened, before her hands moved around his waist.

  She gently pushed her fingertips down the back of his pants until she felt his bare, sculpted ass under her palms, squeezing.

  Alex moaned out loud as she pulled his hips towards her.

  “Alex! Ben’s just pulling up!” Dev shouted.

  “Fuck!” He said as he pressed their foreheads together, both out of breath.

  “Saved by the Dev” She said with disappointment.

  “I don’t think I wanted to be saved.” Said Alex, surprising Holly. “I’m sorry babe, you get me so turned on…”

  “I like it when you are.” She said, looking into his eyes.

  “I can’t go downstairs yet.” He made the gesture of looking down. His ‘friend’ was standing to attention.

  “I’ll walk in front of you” She said as they untangled themselves from each other.

  They got up and walked down the stairs. Just in time for Ben to walk through as Rami let him in.

  Holly stood in front of Alex to hide his ‘excitement’.

  “Happy birthday twins!” Ben said as happily as he could. He came over to Alex and gave him a bro- hug, which wasn’t too bad because he could stay hidden, keeping his hips behind Holly.

  Ben hand Alex a gift bag and looked around.

  “Where’s Dev?” He asked as she had disappeared. Without waiting for an answer, he rushed off to the kitchen, Alex and Holly following close
behind.

  Ben stopped when he saw Dev talking to Evie.

  “Uh…Happy birthday, Dev.” He said and slowly walked to her.

  Alex could see that Ben was apprehensive because of what had happened the day before.

  “Thanks.” She said as she accepted the bag.

  “Well open them!” Said Evie, almost as impatient as Dev was earlier.

  Alex had gotten the newest racing game for his Xbox and some gift cards for iTunes and Amazon, like he wanted.

  “Cool, thanks, man.” He said, pleased with his gifts.

  Dev nervously opened hers.

  Holly knew things were a little awkward between them after yesterday’s argument, and it could be felt, thick, in the air around them.

  Dev opened the box and gasped as she pulled out a large fairy figurine, wearing a black dress. Black hair with a blue stripe at the front and large blue wings, by Anne Stokes.

  “Um…” Dev cleared her throat. “Thanks…Ben.” She said as her eyes teared up.

  “You’re welcome.” Ben replied. Watching her face as she looked down at her gift.

  “Hol, can I talk to you for a sec?” Holly squeezed Alex’s hand and then followed Dev to her room.

  “What’s the matter, Dev?” She asked as Dev made room for the new fairy among the others.

  “He gets me a new one every year.” She said with a sniff. “This one…” she held up a small fairy with white wings and a pink dress. “…He bought for me when I was seven. He said it looked like me in my fairy costume.”

  Holly was silent whilst she let Dev continue.

  “Every year after that, he got me another. This one, he got for my fourteenth birthday.”

  The fairy had beautiful lilac and silver wings with a lilac dress. It was barefoot, dipping into a pond from a lily pad.

  “That’s when I kissed him.”

  A sad tear ran down Dev’s cheek, and she quickly wiped it away.

  “The thing is…he kissed me back. He kissed me back and then said it shouldn’t have happened!”